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Go to the embassy/consulate, perhaps. Edit to add: Or you might teach her how to use a computer prior to your departure.

Why I came to Thailand.....

Probably this one: "Knew it. All the people in other topics saying my worries about being forced to use phone apps for banking were unfounded, well, let's see what happens when you have your money disappear into one of these digital black holes."

You need to select "funds for long term stay" as the purpose for it to code at FTT. Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the options to find it.

This morning:

If you are using a VPN, disconnect and try logging in to Lazada. Had the same verification code exercise with them until one day I tried logging in without my VPN. Bingo.

It's fine right now. Surprisingly so, for this late in February.

Same problem with trying to do a transfer on the "new and improved" website. Screen freezes and times out so for any transfers I now have to use the phone app. No problems with the bill pay section (yet) on the desktop website. The other troubling new feature is that - even when you have set up a payment - it doesn't show up in the "scheduled transactions" section of the relevant account. You have to go back to bill pay to see what's scheduled to be paid on a future date.

Does this guy - who is a serial copyright abuser - pay AN to place his plagiarized content on the forum? (Asking for a friend.)

Yes but the Chinese ones look so cute in their sun dresses.

Mike Tyson punched so many people, so hard, so many times......and the face that he flocked up the most is his own.

In Chiang Mai there are meetings (monthly, I believe) and there are breakfasts (twice monthly.) The meetings are where club business is discussed (finances, events, guest speakers, etc.) It's a more structured event than the breakfasts and - personally speaking - I can't imagine it would be of interest for a first time visitor unless you were planning to be a participating member long term. The breakfasts are purely social so you show up, check-in, pay, then head for the buffet line. Take your plate, choose a group of people with whom to sit, eat and discuss whatever comes up. Pretty casual and this is where I would suggest one begin as a new visitor. Nationality mix: Americans, Western Europeans, Australians, Japanese mostly. (Disclaimer: I haven't attended in about five years. What I have described above may not be accurate today.)

Close. The x-ray machine can "see" the laptop but the batteries and other components are so dense that they may obscure other objects in your bag. That's why security wants travelers to remove them from carry-on bags.

(Note to self: airport x-ray machines can see what's inside of your carry-on bag.)

I'm a lifetime member of the Chiang Mai Expat Club. I used to go to the twice monthly breakfasts (when they were at the River Market) to socialize with others who I knew would be there. I stopped going for two reasons: (1) the people with whom I enjoyed socializing are no longer here; and (2) the breakfast time conflicts with the time I now frequent the gym.

Split the difference and print half of the pages in color, half of the pages in b/w.

Sotto voce: (Wardrobe provided by The Ray Charles Collection of Beverly Hills.)

From the article: "In November, the government revised the eligibility criteria and excluded those having monthly income of 70,000 baht and above, as well as those having bank deposits of 500,000 baht and above. This reduced the number of people eligible for the handouts to 50 million from 54 million, lowering the estimated cost to around 500 billion baht from 560 billion baht." So no, it's not designed to cost 60 billion THB to "run the thing".

Perhaps this establishment: https://shiraz.jewelry/en-us

If you are 50 years of age or older, you can visit CM immigration and extend your non-O visa for purposes of retirement for a year with no insurance requirement. It's not a multiple entry visa but you can get a multiple re-entry permit which makes your extension of stay functionally the same as a multiple entry visa vis-a-vis travel in and out of Thailand.

Let's give AN member Mike Lister a break today, so for those who cannot be bothered to actually read what has been posted..... ....read the link posted by Mike Lister above. This one: https://sherrings.com/foreign-source-income-personal-tax-thailand.html Go to the last Q&A (this means you have to scroll down to the bottom of the screen on your computer, take your time). Now read the final Q&A where it discusses that if you pay tax on your foreign income (i.e., your pension) in your home country, it won't be taxed again here. (The second Q&A on that page alludes to the same....you won't pay anything to Thailand on assessable income which is exempted from tax, as with some income specified in various DTAs, or isn't taxable under the Thai revenue code.)

Man, I hope you aren't teaching English.

I suspect he means "wealthy pensioner" which is one of the LTR visa categories.

Apologies (I try to stay out of posting in these threads) but in your zeal to be "Khun Tax Guy", you are now posting information that is opinion, at best, and contradictory in some cases. Your Mazars quote indicates they believe that pensions are taxable if remitted in the year in which it is paid. Yet, various DTAs explicitly state that government pensions are not taxable in Thailand, e.g., US military pensions, US government civil service pensions, etc. Those types of pensions fit the Mazars "definition" - they are certainly from "work or business in the past" - but they are clearly not taxable by virtue of the DTAs. I would politely suggest you stop trying to construct a "one size fits all" model - it isn't possible. As a result, you are posting conflicting information that is obviously confusing some of the people you think you are helping. Further, you lend credence to "field reports" from interaction with Thai tax officials when it suits your own viewpoint but discount the "field reports" when they don't. (Pretty sure that's a form of statistical bias.) Take the above for what it's worth - some internet rando posting a comment on a public discussion board.